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The world’s largest online retailer has launched its Black Friday deals a whole four weeks ahead of time. While the rest of the US and more recently the UK’s retail…

Reliance Retail pushes on with Future Group $3.4 bn acquisition despite Amazon protests

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October 26, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Companies Delivery / Supply Chain Ecommerce

India’s largest retail chain Reliance Retail has stated its proposal to acquire Future Group’s assets for $3.4 billion is fully enforceable under Indian laws. On Sunday Reliance said that it…

Royal Mail to create 33,000 Christmas temp jobs amid surge for online shopping this winter

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October 26, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

Royal Mail will create a record number of temporary Christmas jobs this year, with consumers expected to stick to online shopping as a result of coronavirus and national lockdowns. The…

Global ecommerce is dominated by just six companies which control nearly 60 per cent of the world’s digital sales, according to new research.

58% of global online sales are made from just 6 companies, 4 of which are Chinese

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October 22, 2020

Delivery / Supply Chain Ecommerce

Global ecommerce is dominated by just six companies which control nearly 60 per cent of the world’s digital sales, according to new research. A whopping 58 per cent of global…

Aldi extends click & collect service with 8 more stores

Aldi doubles the number of items available on Deliveroo amid continued ecommerce push

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October 8, 2020

Aldi is more than doubling the number of items available for home delivery via the Deliveroo app, as it continues its push into ecommerce. Aldi Ireland announced this week that…

Tesco’s new chief executive says that the new dramatic shift to online grocery is “here to stay” after it nearly doubled the size of its ecommerce business over the last quarter.

Tesco says “massive shift online” is here to stay as its online operations grow 90%

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October 7, 2020

Tesco’s new chief executive says that the new dramatic shift to online grocery is “here to stay” after it nearly doubled the size of its ecommerce business over the last…

Online cross-border luxury sales have shot up by nearly 200 per cent as the “much-predicted shift to digital luxury” gets underway.

International online luxury sales jumped 170% over August and September

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October 5, 2020

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Online cross-border luxury sales have shot up by nearly 200 per cent as the “much-predicted shift to digital luxury” gets underway. Throughout August and September, international sales of luxury goods…

Even Instagram's founders could not have predicted at the time that their photo sharing site would become one of today’s most popular direct-to-consumer ecommerce platforms.

10 Years of Instagram: from photography to shopping, how one of the world’s biggest social media apps has become an online mall

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October 5, 2020

Ten years ago this month Instagram first hit our mobile screens. Back in the day when David Cameron was Prime Minister, iPhone 3GS were gracing our bags and back pockets,…

It is the first mile, not the last mile, where brands evolve to meet the shifting behaviours of their customers and (crucially) ensure the well-being of employees and consumer alike during the pandemic.

Online retail boom sees warehouse rentals double in the UK

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October 2, 2020